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Three-Bean Salad

Serves 6. Recipe is from “The DASH Diet for Hypertension: Lower Your Blood Pressure in 14 Days Without Drugs” by Dr. Thomas Moore, Dr. Laura Svetkey, Pao-Hwa Lin, Njeri Karanja and Mark Jenkins. Some of the research for the book was done at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Salad:

1/2 cup red onions, finely chopped

1/2 cup green onions, finely chopped

1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped

1 (15-oz.) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained

3/4 lb. fresh or thawed green beans

3/4 lb. fresh or thawed yellow wax beans

Dressing:

2 tbls. olive oil

3 tbls. red wine vinegar

1 tbl. lemon juice

1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

1. Place all the salad ingredients in a serving bowl.

2. Whisk together the dressing ingredients. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss.